Top 100 Australian Craft Beers – 2024

Every year the festival group, Great Australian Beer Spectacular, or GABS as it’s more commonly called ‘Down Under,” invites beer fans to vote for that country’s best craft beers.

This year’s lengthy polling process saw tens of thousands of Aussies register to vote. According to GABS, almost 400 breweries delivered nearly 1,500 different beers to be judged by over 50,000 Australians.

And the 2024 results are in!

“GABS is all about sharing a common love for craft beer and the fact that more people are joining the conversation each year, only bodes well for the future of the industry,” GABS Festival MD, Mike Bray said. The fact that more people are joining the conversation each year, only bodes well for the future of the industry.”

In a poll where Hazy IPAs dominated this year, South Wales, Australia’s  Mountain Culture Beer Co, once again took top honors for its Status Quo New England Pale Ale.

And now (drum roll please)…

The 2024 GABS Festival Top 100 Craft Beers

1. Mountain Culture Status Quo (NSW)
2. Coopers Brewery Original Pale Ale (SA)
3. Balter Brewing XPA (QLD)
4. BentSpoke Brewing Crankshaft (ACT)
5. Gage Roads Single Fin Summer Ale (WA)
6. Range Brewing Disco (QLD)
7. Your Mates Brewing Larry (QLD)
8. Philter Brewing XPA (NSW)
9. 4 Pines Japanese Lager (NSW)
10. One Drop We Jammin’ (NSW)
11. Bridge Road Brewers Beechworth Pale Ale (VIC)
12. Young Henrys Newtowner (NSW)
13. Stone & Wood Pacific Ale (NSW)
14. Blackflag Brewing Rage Juicy Pale Ale (QLD)
15. Pirate Life South Coast Pale Ale (SA)
16. Rocky Ridge Jindong Juicy (WA)
17. Capital Brewing Coast Ale (ACT)
18. Bright Brewery Alpine Lager (VIC)
19. Seeker Brewing Mystic NEIPA (NSW)
20. Hawkers Beer West Coast IPA (VIC)
21. Akasha Brewing Freshwater Pale Ale (NSW)
22. Beerfarm Royal Haze (WA)
23. The Grifter Brewing Co Pale (NSW)
24. Burleigh Brewing Co Bighead (QLD)
25. Black Hops G.O.A.T. (QLD)
26. Hop Nation J-Juice (VIC)
27. Blackman’s Brewery Juicy Banger IPL (VIC)
28. KAIJU! Krush (VIC)
29. Reckless Brewing BX Lager (NSW)
30. Fox Friday Hazy IPA (TAS)
31. Mountain Culture Cult IPA (NSW)
32. Little Creatures Pale Ale (WA)
33. Balter Brewing Eazy Hazy (QLD)
34. Coopers Brewery Sparkling Ale (SA)
35. Mountain Goat GOAT Very Enjoyable Beer (VIC)
36. 10 Toes Brewery Pipeline (QLD)
37. Better Beer Zero Carb (NSW)
38. Hiker Brewing Co Horizon (QLD)
39. Bodriggy Brewing Speccy Juice (VIC)
40. Little Bang Brewing Sun Bear (SA)
41. Helios Brewing Dionysus Oat Cream DIPA (QLD)
42. Range Brewing Lights + Music (QLD)
43. CBCo Brewing Pale Ale (WA/VIC)
44. Banks Brewing Cake Eater (VIC)
45. Moon Dog Craft Brewery Old Mate (VIC)
46. Shout Brewing Co Mullet Pale Ale (NSW)
47. Capital Brewing XPA (ACT)
48. Bad Shepherd Peanut Butter Porter (VIC)
49. BentSpoke Brewing Barley Griffin (ACT)
50. Matso’s Mango Beer (WA)
51. James Squire One Fifty Lashes (NSW)
52. Heaps Normal Quiet XPA (NSW)
53. Margaret River Beer Co In The Pines (WA)
54. Moffat Beach Brewing Co Passenger Pale Ale (QLD)
55. Heads Of Noosa Japanese Style Lager (QLD)
56. Green Beacon Wayfarer Tropical Pale Ale (WA)
57. Feral Brewing Biggie Juice (WA)
58. Wolf Of The Willows PUP (VIC)
59. Hawke’s Brewing Patio Pale (NSW)
60. Mountain Culture Be Kind Rewind (NSW)
61. Lightning Minds Pale Ale (WA)
62. Balter Brewing Hazy (QLD)
63. Bridge Road Brewers Bling IPA (VIC)
64. Sunday Road Cryotherapy (NSW)
65. Brewmanity Mouth Of Melbourne (VIC)
66. Big Shed Brewing Concern Boozy Fruit (SA)
67. Coopers Brewery Australian Lager (SA)
68. Balter Brewing Cerveza (QLD)
69. Capital Brewing Hang Loose Juice Hazy IPA (ACT)
70. Coopers Brewery XPA (SA)
71. 4 Pines Pacific Ale (NSW)
72. Black Hops East Coast Haze (QLD)
73. Stomping Ground Gipps St Pale Ale (VIC)
74. Byron Bay Brewery Premium Lager (NSW)
75. Range Brewing Dreams (QLD)
76. The Grifter Brewing Co Serpents Kiss (NSW)
77. Wayward Brewing Hazy Mid (NSW)
78. Curly Lewis Bondi Hazy Ale (NSW)
79. Yulli’s Brews Amanda Mandarin IPA (NSW)
80. Hop Nation Rattenhund (VIC)
81. Gage Roads Hazy As (WA)
82. Blackflag Brewing Affinity Tropical Pale (QLD)
83. Hawke’s Brewing Lager (NSW)
84. Future Magic Hazy Shade Of Pale (QLD)
85. Feral Brewing Hop Hog (WA)
86. Dangerous Ales Crispy Boi Lager (NSW)
87. Mountain Culture Scenic Route (NSW)
88. 4 Pines Hazy Pale Ale (NSW)
89. Gage Roads Side Track All Day XPA (WA)
90. Pirate Life Hazy XPA (SA)
91. Fox Friday Pale Ale (TAS)
92. Lord Nelson Three Sheets Pale Ale (NSW)
93. BentSpoke Brewing Sprocket (ACT)
94. Burleigh Brewing Co Twisted Palm (QLD)
95. Mountain Goat Tasty Pale Ale (VIC)
96. Shelter Brewing Hazy IPA (WA)
97. White Rabbit Dark Ale (VIC)
98. Jetty Road Pale Ale (VIC)
99. Dainton Beer Blood Orange NEIPA (VIC)
100. BoJaK Brewing Calypso (VIC)

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Congratulations to all of this year’s big winners…Live long and prosper!